You ever notice how some people jump straight from one relationship to the next? No breathing room. No reflection. Just — new partner, new start. It looks like confidence, but a lot of times, it’s actually psychology doing damage control. See, when a relationship ends, your sense of self takes a hit. You’re not just losing a person — you’re losing the version of you that existed with them. Research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology shows that breakups disrupt something called “